It
is truly amazing how twins can have such a connection with each other
throughout their lives and, despite all the copious amounts of
reasearch, scientists are still no nearer to finding out how this all
works.
Double take: Registered nurse Andrea Kinman
(left) hands baby Adalynn to Jennifer Patterson. Jessica Patterson sits
to her right and holds her son, Mason
Two
identical twins in Indiana now have another birthday in common: They
delivered babies on the same day at the same
hospital.Twenty-one-year-old Jessica and Jennifer Patterson gave birth
on Wednesday at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital.
Jessica Patterson went to the hospital on Tuesday night to be induced - but instead of going into labour, Jennifer did.
The Herald-Times reports Jennifer
Patterson gave birth first to a girl, Adalynn Rose Patterson, who was
born with a collapsed lung but is now doing fine. Eight-and-half hours
later, Jessica Patterson gave birth to a boy, Mason Douglas Patterson,
by caesarean section.
'It just happened,'
Jennifer and Jessica said. 'I was like, "I'm pregnant,"' said Jessica.
'I found out a week later,' her sister said.The twins, both single mothers,
have shared an
apartment together in the tiny Lawrence County town of Judah for the
last three years. They say they plan to remain living together with
their newborns. 'It's gonna be a crazy house,' said Jessica. 'I hope they grow up really close.' Hospital spokeswoman Amanda Roach says
no one can recall the last time identical twins delivered babies at the
hospital on the same day.
